The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know how to behave himself, so as not to appear to be a fool or a coxcomb.

It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?

It is often easier as well as more advantageous to conform to other men's opinions than to bring them over to ours.

We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.

Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object.

A lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony is the sound of the voice of her whom we love.

The doctors allow one to die, the charlatans kill.